A new assembly line in Mobile is building A320 jetliners.

NEW ALBANY, AL—Citing issues such as wage caps and growing use of temporary workers, workers at Commercial Vehicle Group Inc.’s assembly plant here voted to join UAW. The facility makes seating for commercial vehicles.

TUSCALOOSA, AL—Mercedes-Benz will invest $1.3 billion in its assembly plant here to increase production of its next-generation SUVs.

MOBILE, IL—Airbus will formally open its first US assembly plant here Sept. 14. The company says the facility will be its most efficient and will be capable of producing up to eight jetliners a month by 2018.

HUNTSVILLE, AL—Toyota Motor Corp. is considering a plan to manufacture transmissions at its engine assembly plant here.

AUBURN, AL—German auto parts maker Schmidt Maschinenbau GmbH is building its first U.S. assembly here. The $17 million factory is expected to begin production next year.

WASHINGTON—The International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers this week opened an organizing office in Mobile, AL, to provide support for Airbus workers interested in forming a union at the company’s soon-to-be-completed final assembly line.

HUNTSVILLE, AL—Boeing has opened a new research center here that will focus on materials for future advanced aircraft and spacecraft.

MOBILE, AL—The first major components for A320 airliners have arrived at Airbus’ new assembly plant here. Ulrich Weber, vice president of the factory, says airplane production will begin in July after the wings, stabilizers and fuselages move through testing stations.

MOBILE, AL—Airbus’ newly hired U.S. manufacturing employees arrived back home in Mobile May 31 after six or more months of training in Hamburg, Germany.